Make Money from Google Maps

damn... google is crazy..
they are turning everything they can get their hands on to money maker(for them of course)...lol

Google has announced a new feature for the popular mapping service Google Maps today in the form of an ad module. The Maps Ad Unit, as it is called, can be integrated into your existing Google Maps API implementation.

The Maps Ad Unit is an optional feature that geo developers and others who use Google Maps on their sites can use to generate revenue. The ads appear inside the area where the map is rendered in a position you can specify. The ads are aware of the map's current location and change according to the user's movements.

Let's see how you can implement this new feature. You must have an AdSense account, obviously, which you will have to link with the Maps Ad Unit, and AdSense for Content must be enabled for that account but the rest is pretty straightforward. First you need to create a GadsManager of style "adunit." Then you will need to specify your AdSense for Content (AFC) publisher ID (you will have to have one) to the GadsManager constructor. If you have an AdSense for Content channel set up you can optionally specify that too.

Everything G does had a monetizing angle in it from the start, it's called branding. They keep surprising people because they coat everything they initially do with altruistic verbiage about improving the internet and all that, while long term planning to make money just like the rest of us.

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